The Milwaukee Panthers will travel to Calihan Hall to take on the Detroit Mercy Panthers this Saturday afternoon in College Basketball action.

The Milwaukee Panthers improved to 7-10 (2-2 Horizon) on the season after defeating the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 67-64, this past Thursday night. Milwaukee led by a 34-27 margin at halftime and was able to hang on late for the victory after a game-tying attempt by Oakland’s Braden Norris came up short with :03 seconds left in regulation. Milwaukee was solid defensively against the Golden Grizzlies as they held Oakland to just 35.1% from the field & 34.4% from beyond the arc in the victory. Leading the way for the Panthers was Darius Roy who had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Defensively, Milwaukee is allowing their opponents to average 75.1 ppg on 42.7% shooting from the field. The Panthers have a rebound margin of -2.5 and a turnover margin of -1.3.

The Detroit Mercy Titans improved to 7-10 (4-1 Horizon) on the season after defeating the Green Bay Phoenix, 101-83, this past Thursday night. Detroit Mercy has no trouble putting up points against the Green Bay defense and easily pulled away for the victory after a 14-0 run to start the 2nd half gave Detroit Mercy a 67-40 lead with 16:20 left in regulation. Detroit Mercy shot 53.4% from the field & 45.2% from beyond the arc in the victory. Leading the way for the Titans was Josh McFolley who had 29 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, and 5 steals.

Defensively, Detroit Mercy is allowing their opponents to average 76.5 ppg on 44.8% shooting from the field. The Titans have a rebound margin of -8.3 and a turnover margin of 3.5.

The Panthers are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 Horizon League games however, are just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 Saturday games. The Titans are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games and 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games overall.

Milwaukee has been playing better as of late, winning 5 of their last 7 games, however, this is a team that has struggled on both sides of the ball as they rank T-261st in scoring defense & 261st in scoring defense. Detroit has surprised everyone in the Horizon, starting off conference play winning 4 of their last 5 games, and although their offense ranks just T-232nd in scoring offense, the Titans have been deadly from beyond the arc as they rank 22nd in three-pointers made per game & 49th in 3P-FG%.

Milwaukee has played well as of late, however, I’ve been more impressed with what I’ve seen from the Titans this late. Detroit Mercy can be a little risky of a pick due to their dependence on hitting three-pointers, however, between the fact that they are at home and have held conference opponents to 72.6 ppg (season average is 76.5 ppg), I think Detroit Mercy does enough in this one to cover this home spread.

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